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CRADLE is a registered Scottish Charity (Charity No. SC035955) that provides support to individuals and couples experiencing infertility. Our organisation is run for patients by patients. Our aim is to provide education and support to those with infertility issues or who may be currently going through fertility treatment.

Our group members consist of couples and individuals who have had successful as well as unsuccessful fertility treatment. As a group we recognise the need for continued support from a subfertility diagnosis, through treatment and coming to terms with childlessness.
Couples who have been successful in treatment may find themselves, once again, on the emotional roller coaster of fertility treatment should they wish to have another child or even those who have previously had a child naturally, but are having difficulty in subsequent pregnancies. This can be equally if not more stressful than previous treatment cycles as the reality of ?knowing what your are losing? can be difficult to deal with and there can often be high expectations involved.

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FERTILITY and BEYOND – making healthy babies. Tuesday 15th July 2008 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm

A special event for couples planning to conceive and healthcare practitioners working with infertility. Come and spend an evening with expert practitioners to hear about pre-conception health and well-being, methods to improve male and female fertility, techniques for maintaining a healthy pregnancy and much more.

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Instituto Marques is one of the leading fertility clinics in Spain, offering a host of fertility related treatments. Representatives of the IM clinic approached us early in 2006 and invited us to visit their establishment to both observe how their clinic facilitates its treatments and to meet the medical staff working directly with patients at every level.

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The mind records all of our life events and feelings. Even though we may feel that we forget about them if we push them to the back of our minds – they are still there and if not dealt with can continue to surface in subtle ways and conscientiously and unconscientiously cause us stress. Every single thing that ever happens to us is there in our mind, locked somewhere in our memory. In a sense, we have a whole personal history book inside our heads. There is a constant “dialogue” between our thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that produce chemical, hormonal, neurological and muscular changes. These changes can throw off the delicately balanced hormonal system involved in reproduction.
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The British Fertility Society are holding an open meeting on Wednesday 5th September 2006 in Glasgow. Patients are invited to attend the evening session hosted by Dr Mark Hamilton of Aberdeen’s ACS unit and Dr Tony Harrold from Ninewell’s ACS unit. All questions should be sent prior to the evening of the meeting. Please download PDF file for details of the evening events and contact Susan Seenan at INUK for more information mailto:susan.seenan@virgin.net

Cradle held its 3rd Fundraising day in just 12 months on the 3rd June 2006. This years return to GOALS in Glasgow was an excellent day with great weather and some fantastic football played by 22 very sporting men and 1 extremely enthusiastic girl.



All players were fantastic for taking part and the winning Cradle trophy went to John Gray’s team who out played all other teams on the day. We had a superb turn out of just over one hundred friends and family of Cradle members who raised in the region of £1400.00. This money will go towards helping us to continue to provide all of the support and information to patients and their families for the next year. Part of last years money went towards supporting one of our group leaders in completing a counselling skills course at Glasgow University. Due to the benefits that these skills have brought in helping to work with others in difficult situations, we plan to send one other group leader on the same course this year.

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Our first Cradle twins, Joni and Carly were born on Tuesday 14th June at 9pm. Joni weighed 4lb12oz and Carly 4lb8oz. Although a little early both are home and doing very well. Both Mum and Dad are doing great and we send them huge congratulations from everyone at Cradle.

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Cradle next meets on Thursday 3rd July 2008 at Nuffield House, 1000 Gt Western Road, Glasgow @ 7pm. Cradle Meets on the first Thursday of every month @ 7pm at Nuffield House (1000 Gt Western Rd). Please check our site for confirmed details as venues may need to be changed.

Patients attending all units in the West of Scotland attend Cradle meetings

Please contact us if you need further information or would like any information on previous guest speakers talks.

Telephone: Helen 0141 560 2347
Email: cradle@assistedconception.org

A positive test result following treatment is the holy grail of all our efforts to become parents and it may seem like from then on, it?s all plain sailing. However, a positive result can mean the start of a whole new set of questions and worries. A pregnancy that is so precious because of the amount of effort and heartache that has already been invested in it can seem a daunting and frightening prospect. There may be issues regarding the use and storage of frozen embryos. For couples who have had a child through treatment, trying again for a second child takes a lot of courage. And there are decisions to be made about when and if you tell your child how they were conceived. Anyone who has experinced miscarriage may also gain additonal much needed support.

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We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that participated in our family and friends Raising Awareness Day. The event was a great success and we raised just over £1800. All of our sponsors; Serono, Organon, Ferring pharmaceutical, Nuffield Hospitals, Search Recruitment, Ralph Lauren, Ubiquitous Chip, Trailfinders, Stevenson’s Jewellers, About Face, Cameron House De Vere Hotels, Scottish Media Group, Glasgow Science Centre, Well Woman Clinic -Neals Yard, Laing O’Rourke, John Lewis together provided us with nearly £2000 worth of prizes and enabled us to host the event.

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Please contact us if you would like any information regarding our monthly support group meetings or forums.

If you live in the West of Scotland area and would like to attend one of our meeting and/or recieve our Cradle Talk Newsletter or information pack please contact us with your name and address either by telephone or email.

General Enquiries
email: cradle@assistedconception.org

Cradle Members Management Committee

Sam MacCuish
email: sam@assistedconception.org
Tel No 0141 560 2347 (private dedicated Cradle support line) Sam gave birth to her second child, baby James in Dec 2004 and has daughter Abbey, now 4, both through ICSI (endometriosis/pcos/male factor infertility)

Wendy Blainey
email: wendy@assistedconception.org
Tel No. 01355 523 780 Wendy has Callum born in July 2005

Gillian Barrett
email: gillian@assistedconception.org
Tel No. 01355 524 281 Gillian has Carly and Joni born July 2005